Tea Time & Roses

My Mom gave me these beautiful Moss Rose tea cups and lunch plates for my 40th birthday. She knew how much I loved them. They are even more special to me because they are from her!

The orchid here and in the pic above was a gift from my cousin Anna to my Father a year ago. My Father is 98 and said to me, "You better take this home, I won't be able to keep it alive!" Now I have desperately tried to grow orchids before but to no avail. I can't keep them alive either! Well, miracle here, it is alive and blooming! I can hardly believe it! I've been afraid to look at it. Apparently it loves